Friday, July 31, 2015

7/31/15 Fri. am GE Shifts Projects Overseas

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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,269 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a  recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and a summary of recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

A  read of the print editions of  Friday's Wall Street Journal,   Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal & Constitution  & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Thursday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at  17745.98 up 5.41 or 0.03% from Wednesday's close of 17740.57. For the year the Dow is down 0.43%. Of the 30   Dow components  16   gained  and  14  declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was United Technologies up $1.37 or 1.38%.  The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Procter & Gamble down $3.23 or 4.01%.

As of the open of  the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's  Wall St. Journal is 0.14967727343149.  Friday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.67 up from yesterday's   trailing P/E ratio of  16.60 (last year it was 16.01).  Today's P/E estimate is 15.91 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 15.91 (year ago it was 15.13) and  today's dividend yield is  2.39 up from yesterday's dividend yield of  2.38 (last year it was 2.19). The Dow's all-time high was 18312.39 on May 19,  2015. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2656.17 up 0.81 from Wednesday's closing average numerator of 2655.36.   This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.14967727343149) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $5.08  change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $88.54 up 3 cents  from Wednesday's closing average of $88.51.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.68 (CAT/XOM) down $1.20  from  Wednesday's median closing price of $81.88 (PG/XOM).  The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was Microsoft.

If  Thursday   morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $81  ($265,536 - $265,536).

7/30/15 Thurs. 5:00 pm MarketWatch by  Anora Mahmudova & Sara Sjolin says U.S. stocks ended Thursday’s choppy session little changed after data showed the economy picked up its pace in the second quarter, leaving the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates as soon as September.
Trading action was marked by swings in either director as investors digested data showed that the U.S. economy expanded at an annualized 2.3% rate in the second quarter, while first-quarter growth was increased from negative 0.2% to 0.6%. The GDP report along with an employment report that indicated jobless claims rose last week after hitting a 40-year low but still remained near the lowest levels in decades, offered signs that the economy is on a healing path, albeit one considered slow by some measures. The improvement in the economic picture, albeit sluggish by some measures, may have fueled some of the uncertainty in trading Thursday. “If the Fed begins normalizing rates, it means they are confident the economy is doing well. Given the fact they are still maintaining the balance sheet and reinvesting means that the policy is still very accommodative, said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network.Taking a sanguine posture, McMillan noted that the Fed isn’t “taking away the punch bowl yet, they are just not spiking it as much,” referring to the Fed’s attempt to tighten a nearly decadelong stretch of ultraloose monetary policy.
Initially the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.03%  dropped more than 100 points in early trade, but finished only fractionally lower, down 5.41 points at 17,745.98.The S&P 500 SPX, +0.00%  ended flat at 2,108.66, with six of its 10 main sectors closing higher. Gains in the utilities and materials sectors were offset by losses in energy and consumer staples stocks. Meanwhile, The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.33%  added 17.05 points, or 0.3%, at 5,128.78.Overall, the reading on gross domestic product was better than expected, considering the first-quarter number was raised. The GDP numbers are likely to influence the Federal Reserve’s decision on the timing of the first rate hike, according to analysts. Growth was led by consumer spending on big-ticket items such as new cars as well as home construction, the government said Thursday.“The U.S. economy bounced back in the second quarter as expected and revisions show that it expanded in the first quarter…,” said Joseph Lake, global economist at The Economist Intelligence Unit in emailed notes.

Friday's Dow News followed by Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

American Express:

Apple:

Boeing:

Caterpillar:

Chevron:

Cisco:

Coke:

Disney:

DuPont:

Exxon:

GE:  IBD pA2 "GE shifts projects overseas" says Ge will shift more than 410 bil in work overseas to get financing support from an export credit agency since Congress hasn't renewed the US Export Import Bank Charter.

Goldman Sachs:

Home Depot:

Intel:

IBM:

JPMorgan:

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's:

Merck:

Microsoft:

Nike:

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

United Technologies:

UnitedHealth:

Verizon:

Visa:

Walmart:

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AXP▲ NYSE
AAPL▼ NASDAQ-GS
BA▼ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▼ NYSE
CSCO▼ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▲ NYSE
DD▲ NYSE
XOM▼ NYSE
GE▼ NYSE
GS▲ NYSE
HD▲ NYSE
INTC▼ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▼ NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▲ NYSE
MCD▲ NYSE
MRK▼ NYSE
MSFT▲ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▲ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▲ NYSE
UTX▲ NYSE
UNH▼ NYSE
VZ▲ DualListed
V▲ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE

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 Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

Apple: Tim Cook (Cupertino, CA)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill) (to be replaced 7/1/15 by Dennis A. Muilenburg)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA) to be replaced 7/26 by Chuck Robbins

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)

Home Depot HD Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Brian M. Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

McDonald's MCD Steve Easterbrook (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)

Nike NKE Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (Cincinnati, OH) (//David S. Taylor replaces 11/1)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 6/9/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Apple AAPL $734.07
2. Microsoft MSFT 370.36
3. Exxon Mobil XOM 353.64
4. GE 275.37
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 272.34
6. JPMorgan Chase JPM 249.28
7. Wal-Mart WMT 233.75
8. Procter & Gamble PG 214.06   
9. Pfizer PFE 209.42
10.  Verizon VZ 193.08
11.  Chevron CVX 188.84
12. Disney 184.13
13. Coke KO 175.22
14. Visa V 166.27
15. Merck MRK 166.24
16. IBM 163.15
17.  Intel INTC 148.25
18. Cisco CSCO 143.63
19. Home Depot HD 142.28 
20. UnitedHealth UNH 111.36
21.  United Technologies UTX 103.53
22. 3M MMM 99.58 
23. Boeing BA 96.88 
24.  Goldman Sachs GS 94.25
25. McDonald' s MCD 90.8   
26. Nike NKE 87.14
27. American Express AXP 80.42
28. DuPont DD 62.65
29. Caterpillar CAT 52.35
30. Travelers TRV 31.17
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/9/15  for the prior 90 day period:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

American Express AXP:
5/29/15 8K re: death of Pres. Edward P. Gilligan
5/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. thru 4/30/15
5/11/15 8K re: Voting results of annual mtg of shareholders
4/29/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q results
4/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months thru 3/31/15
3/30/15 14A Proxy material

Apple AAPL:
5/13/15 8K re: issuance of notes
4/28/15 10Q & 4/27/15 8K re: 2Q ended 3/28/15
4/27/15 8K re: share buyback & div. of 52 cents per share payable 5/14 to record shareholders on 5/11
3/13/15 8K re: amdmt. to employee stock purchase plan

Boeing BA:
4/29/15 8K re: amendment of bylaws to decrease Board from 11 to 10 & voting results of 4/27 Annual Shareholders Meeting
4/22/15 10Q & 4/2215 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
3/13/15 14A Def. Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 4/27/15 at 9 am at Field Museum, Chicago

Caterpillar CAT:
6/1/15; 5/28/15; & 5/22/15 Proxy material
5/20/15 8K re: April retail stats
5/1/15 10Q & 4/23/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/22//15 8K re: March retail stats
3/19/15 8K re: sales thru 2/15

Chevron CVX:
6/2/15 8K re: voting results of annual stockholder meeting on 5/27
5/11/15 & 4/9/15 Proxy material
5/7/15 10Q & 5/1/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
3/31/15 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair & EVP George Kirkland

Cisco CSCO:
6/1/15 8K re: termination of execs Robert w. Lloyd, Pres. Dev. & sales & Gary B. Moore, Pres/COO
5/20/15 10Q & 5/13/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 4/25/15
5/4/15 8K re: election of Charles H. Robbins CEO eff 7/26/15
3/24/15 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for GC
3/19/15 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan

Coke KO:
4/30/15 10Q & 4/22/15 8K re: !Q ended 4/3/15
4/29/15 8K re: voting results of 4/29/15 Meeting of Shareholders

Disney DIS:
6/2/15 8K re: resignation of CFO James A. Rasulo
5/15/15 10Q & 5/5/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 3/28/15
3/13/15 8K re: voting results of 3/12 Annual Shareholders Mtg

DuPont DD:
6/9/15 8K/A & 6/2/15 8K/A re: voting results of 5/13/15 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
6/1/15 8K re: change of reg. agent in Delaware
5/19/15 8K & 5/13/15 8K & 5/12/15 8K & 4/23/15 8K re: sale of notes by subsidiary, Chemours & spin-off of Chemours to shareholders.
April & March, 2015 numerous Proxy materials re: Trian's proposal to add Directors
4/21/15 10Q & 4/21/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15 & dividend of 49 cents payable 6/12 to record holders of 5/15

ExxonMobil XOM:
6/1/15 8K re: results of voting of 5/27/15 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/14/15; 4/21/15; & 4/14/15 Proxy materials
5/6/15 10Q & 4/30/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
3/23/15 8K re: fin'l & operation reviews
3/10/15 8K re: 3/4/15 analyst meeting

GE:
5/28/15 8K & 5/27/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/15/15 10Q & 4/17/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/27/15 8K re: results of voting of 4/22/15 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
4/10/15 8K re: sale of GECC over 24 months to end status of being a SIFI or systemically important fin'l institution

Goldman Sachs GS:
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/22/15 8K re: amendmt to stock incentive plan
5/12/15 re: issuance of notes
5/5/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/24/15 & 4/23/15 8K's re: issuance of notes
4/10/15 Proxy
3/31/15 & 3/30/15 8Ks re: issuance of notes
3/11/15 8K re: revised '15 Capital Plan
3/9/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Claes Dahlback

Home Depot HD:
6/2/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/27/15 10Q & 5/19/15 8K re: 1Q ended 5/3/15
5/26/15 8K re: voting results from 5/21 Shareholders Mtg
4/16/15 Proxy
3/26/15 10K FY ended 2/1/15

Intel INTC:
6/5/15 & 4/6/15 8Ks re: change of organizational structure & change of reporting fin'l info
6/1/15 8K re: purchase of Altera Corp
5/27/15 8K re: voting results of 5/21 Stockholder Mtg
5/14/15 8K re: FD disclosures re: Annual Mtg
4/2/15 Proxy
3/12/15 8K re: 1Qtr guidance

IBM:
5/1/15 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Stockholder Mtg
4/28/15 10Q & 4/21/15 & 4/20/15 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/3/15 Proxy
3/31/15 8K re: integration of Global Process Services
3/19/15 Def. Proxy  14A Stockholders Annual Mtg at 10 am 4/.28/15 at Statehouse Conv. Ctr., Little Rock, Ark & nomination of Alex Gorsky, CEO, Johnson & Johnson & Peter R. Voser to Board

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
6/4/15 8K re: issuance of preferred stock
5/22/15 8K re: results of voting of 5/19 shareholder mtg
5/20/15 & 5/14/15 8Ks re: settlement with U.S. Dept of Justice  & Fed. Res. re: foreign exchange charges and guilty plea to violation of fed antitrust law & payment of $550 mil fine
5/6/15 & 4/3/15 8Ks re: redemption of Bear Stearns notes
5/5/15 10Q & 4/14/15 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31
4/28/15 & 4/28 Proxy
4/1/15 8K re: reduction of warrant exercise price for common stock
3/24/15 8K re: issuance of notes
3/20/15 8K & 3/6/15 8K re: redemption of Bear Stearn Notes

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
6/9/15 8K re: election of Dr. Mary Beckerle, CEO of Hunstsman Cancer Inst. to Board
5/21/15 8K re: retirement of Controller Stephen J. Cosgrove and replaced by Ronald a. Kapusta
5/1/15 10Q & 4/14/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/29/15
4/24/15 8K re: increase of dividend to 75 cents payable 6/9 to 5/26 record holders
4/8/15 Proxy
4/3/15 8K re: divestiture by subsidiary Janssen of tapentadol to Depomed for $1.05 bil
3/11/15 Def. 14A Proxy for Annual shareholder Mtg a 10:30 am on 4/23/15 at State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ

McDonald's MCD:
6/8/15 8K re: May sales
5/27/15 8K re: voting results from 5/21/15 Shareholder meeting
5/26/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/11/15 8K re: April sales
5/11/15 Proxy
5/7/15 10Q & 4/22/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
5/4/15 8K re: restructuring and turn around plans
4/10/15 Proxy 3/27/15 8KA re: election of Stephen Easterbrook as Chair of Exec Com & CEO
3/20/15 8K re: stock award to execs
3/9/15 8K re: Feb. global sales

Merck MRK:
5/28/15 & 5/26/15 8Ks re: voting results of 5/26/15 shareholder mtg
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/13/15 Proxy

Microsoft MSFT:
4/23/15 8K & 10Q re: 3Q ended 3/31/15

Nike NKE:
4/7/15 10Q & 3/24/15 8K re: 3Q ended 2/28/15
3/19/15 8K for Qtr ended 2/28/15

Pfizer PFE:
5/14/15 8K re: resignation of director Marc Tessier-Lavigne
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/29
4/28/15 8K re: resulting of voting from 4/23 shareholders meeting
4/8/15 Proxy
3/12/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: 4/23/15 Annual Shareholder Mtg at Short Hills, NJ

Procter & Gamble PG:
5/7/15 8K re: issuance of notes
4/23/15 10Q & 4/23/15 8Ks re: 3Q ended 3/31/15
4/17/15 8K re: declaration of dividend on common & pref. shares

3M MMM:
5/18/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/13/15 8K re: results of voting from 5/12 stockholder meeting
4/30/15 10Q & 4/23/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31
3/27/15 & 3/25/15 Proxy
3/23/15 8K re: purchase of Polypore's separations media business for $1 bil

Travelers TRV:
5/22/15 8K re: voting results of 5/20/15 shareholders meeting
4/21/15 10Q && 4/21/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
4/3/15 Proxy

United Technologies UTX:
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/4/15 8K re: remarketing of notes
4/27/15 8K re: voting results of 4/27 shareholder meeting
4/2/15 10Q & 3/31, 4/24 & 4/21 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/14/15 8K re: issuance of equity unites
4/8/15 8K re: US dept. of Justice charges that Pratt & Whitney overcharged US air Force between '85 & '90 & status of $64 mil judgment
4/2/15 8K re: election of Robert Leduc, Pres. of Sikorsky succeeding Mick Maurer
3/13/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders on 3/2/15 2pm at PGA Nat'l Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
6/5/15 8K re: amendment to stock incentive plan
5/26/15 FD disclosure re: NYC 5/28 Bernstein's Conference
5/6/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
3/30/15; 4/6/15 & 4/22/15 Proxy material
3/30/15 8K re: purchase of Yukon Territory Catamaran Corp.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
6/8/15 8K re: amendment of bylaws re: annual mtg of stockholders
5/13/15 8K re: retirement of Randal s. Milch, VP
5/12/15 8K re: Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 bil
4/28/15 10Q  & 4/21/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/24/15 & 3/23/15 Proxy
3/12/15 8K & 2/26/15 8K & 2/25/15 8K 2/12/15 8K re: results of exchange offer

Visa V:
4/30/15 10Q & 4/30/15 8K re: 2Q ended 3/31
4/23/15 8K re: 12 cents a share dividend payable 6/2 to record holders of 5/15
4/14/15 8K re: resignation of Antonio Lucio, EVP and Chief Brand Officer

WalMart WMT:
6/8/15 8K re: voting results of 6/5 shareholder meeting
6/5/15 10Q & 5/19 8K re: 1Q ended 4/30/15
4/22/15 Proxy
4/1/15 10K for FY ended 1/31/15

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